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After returning home, Clara begins an affair with the maid, Susana. Clara's mother soon after starts to suspect.
Nov 2011
Lucas is a withdrawn young man with a deep desire to travel. However, he carries the responsibility of supporting his dysfunctional family in his consciousness. Enduring the rejection he feels for his unbridled, but outstanding younger brother and his accomplice mother obsessed with appearances, Luke's contradictory emotions explode into a violent crime.
Mar 2018
Paulina, a trainee social worker doing her internship in a reintegration center, meets Manuel, with whom she starts a friendship that promps her to question her vocation and begin a 'second adolescence', this time free from the tyranny of conventions and routine. Spending time in a world that does not belong to her.
Sep 2013
From its old age, a SIG-510 rifle tells the story of its military service as a weapon used by the Chilean army. It tells of his military training, its frustrated desire to serve his country, and the memories it has of the Coup d'état that occurred in 1973.
Jun 2025
In La Lágrima, a desertic mining lost town, women live under the strict rules of patriarchy. Dina (16), pressed by an unwanted pregnancy, plans to escape. But when she finds out her sister Sariri (11), has to initiate womanhood after the arrival of her menarche, she’ll have to decide if they’ll escape together through the desert.
Mar 2025
A frustrated writer working as a night guard struggles with writer’s block when interference on the security radio starts repeating lines from his own novel.
May 2026
Aranís, a college student (20), suffers from severe anxiety caused by traumatic experiences from her childhood, specifically a sexual assault. She reunites with her abuser (27), triggering a panic attack that consumes her.
After gaining alcohol-fueled superpowers, Ricardo, a young punk from the outskirts, sets out to change society. But one brutal mistake will ignite an international conflict, with him at the heart of the storm.
Oct 2025
Camila is a young dance student. She has a committed boyfriend and supporting family, but when she discovers she is pregnant, all that love and encouragement become a burden. Camila will have to set other people’s expectations aside and make her own decision, no matter how difficult.
Oct 2016
One-shot sci-fi following Kristian, forced by the government to scan his memories, trying keep a secret that threatens everything he has left.
Oct 2024
Dec 2018
Natalia after a long relationship, decides to break up with her husband and tell him the whole truth.
Apr 2018
Sebastian comes to live in Santiago, to the home of his sister Rebeca, In a process of self-discovery, he realizes that she is a transgender woman. Start taking hormones to hide from Rebeca, fearing that she will judge her. One night, Rebeca finds hormones, and confronts Sebastian. Sebastian confesses that he is now Noa. A woman.
Nov 2017
Karina is 51 years old and is a regular trucker on the north route. Due to mechanical problems, he stops for the first time at "La Mamita" restaurant. The owner and cook of the restaurant, Marta, 63, welcomes her as kindly as any of her customers. However, the accidental discovery of a human hand in the garbage makes Karina see that all the stories this cook tells her are nothing more than a premonition of her destiny.
Jan 2020
A woman who is progressively losing her memory faces the harsh reality of a family illness that has no turning back.
Jun 2015
A young and withdrawn costume designer pays for his mother’s medical treatment by being a dominant sex worker, in sadomasochistic encounters for a well-known soap opera actress.
Dec 2023
The real estate industry has destabilized the natural surroundings of the city of Concón, on the Chilean coast, forcing the inhabitants and landscapes of the region to find new ways to adapt and survive. “Nidal” depicts the cohabitating of species and the accelerated transformation of the landscapes due to human occupation.
Jun 2021
Aurora suffers from an obsessive disorder with cleanliness, which prevents him from touching people. Everything changes when he meets Manuel, who falls in love with the prolixity of his dress. Aurora must face her disorder to achieve a loving approach. Leaving behind his obsessions.